News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, June 2, 2023
The ongoing Trade and Technology Council is not useless. Its promise rather goes beyond the current generation of bilateral irritants. Such longtermism can hold its value in a policy climate where local politics and Indo-Pacific take precedence over global trade and Europe, write Hosuk Lee-Makiyama and Robin Baker.
A preview of the week in trade policy in the EU and at the WTO. By Rob Francis and Chris Horseman.
G7 leaders agreed a wide-ranging statement on economic resilience and economic security at their recent summit in Japan. The breadth of issues put under this heading contents is a problem and risks simply becoming a laundry list of concerns about China. The European Commission, preparing its own communication on the …
The European Council on Foreign Relations has been very active in recent days.
An upcoming ministerial meeting in the US city of Detroit should provide useful indicators about the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s potential success. But achieving quick, meaningful and lasting outcomes will be a major challenge as the Washington-led trade cooperation framework struggles to deliver impact.
The week-end’s G7 summit in Japan will set the tone for this week’s trade meetings in Europe.
All eyes may currently be on the G7 summit in Japan – more from us soon on this one – but despite the public holiday in Brussels on Thursday there has still been trade policy activity in the EU capital this week.
During a recent trip to Brussels earlier this month, the CSIS’ Emily Benson spoke to Borderlex’s Rob Francis about the future of US trade policy, the transatlantic relationship, and her expectations for the next meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council at the end of May in Sweden.
This week’s selection of interesting think tank pieces on international trade. By Maia Wilson and Iana Dreyer.
Emergency Europe, a term forged during the eurozone crisis reached the EU’s trade policy during the pandemic. There are now-established patterns for many areas of trade policy affected by global and regional turmoil. Let’s brace for a more unpredictable EU.
